Yup, our retail for Mattel sux. the only way we get the figures is through comic/toy specialty stores, which are few. We're not as valhalla-ish as you think. I'm still missing Etrigan and only got the rest of that wave through the famed reject bin, which was a total blessing.

My question to those of you in the Philippines, how readily available are the other Mattel toys at normal retail?... Things like Barbie, Hot Wheels, Naruto, Cars? Is it a case of just the DC stuff or is it everything Mattel?

From what I've seen in the malls, there's a lot of Kal-El, Bizarro, Black supergirl, Scarecrow and Croc, and oddly the Mattel Batman Mr Freeze. As for JLU? Lotsa GL, Zatanna, Martian Manhunter, Vixen 3-packs and lotsa Batman/Superman singles. It's not that great right now.

A few years ago when Mattel was making the Batman line before they made this into the now DCSH line, the Philippines regularly got the Zipline Batman waves along with the numerous repaints. I easily gotten hold of the Batman-Superman two-pack and regularly saw the early JLU waves. Our market was also flooded with the MOTU line. But after both MOTU and Batman repaints became constant peg warmers, we rarely saw the newer waves from Mattel.

I recently talked to one representative of the distributor here in the Philippines and asked him where are our DCSH lines, and he said that they are having great difficulty in ordering them. Most of the figures we want are just not available, including the new waves. I don’t know if that’s true but that’s what I heard… Even most specialty toy stores in Makati and in Greenhills cant get the Supergirl and Steel sets!

DCSH here in Canada is VERY scarce, (unless you want the 1st release Bizarro) only TRU carried them. Wal-mart had wave 1 then dropped the line. I've seen Kal-El once or twice at a few comic shops, but that's it. If it wasn't for board members helping me out, the last figure I'd have bought was Mr. Freeze.

The only DC related stuff we get here with somewhat of a regularity is The Batman, JLU is almost as non-existant as DCSH.

We get plenty of Cars stuff (eventually), and the aisles have plenty of other Mattel toys like Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Naruto... Just not DC.

I'm in Shanghai right now, and I have not seen a single one. However, I was in Hong Kong last week and saw the first Batman wave (Scarecrow, Bane, Blue and Grey Bats) at a Mattel store at the Hong Kong airport.

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At least you can find something in speciality stores, here NOTHING not even in speciality stores, or comic shops, I have to order everything through ebay, that happens with all the lines that I collect

Question: Is it just the DCSH line that you guys are having problems with? What about Hasbro's Marvel Legends and Marvel Toys' Legendary Comicbook Heroes? Here in the Philippines we get the HML about 3 months delayed but the MATTEL DCSH is a rare sight....

JLU and DCSH are practically non existant in Ireland.DCSH does come to Comic Stores but they are always sold out of the good ones.

luckily I have established a good trading network that I get my DCSH/JLU fix sorted out quickly.this week I receieved a parcel with DCSH,Cyborg,Batgirl and the JLU hawkman and Joker sets.so Im all up to date.

Im hoping the situation changes here with the DCU line.....but UIm still preordering the first waves

VERY VERY Scarce. I myself live in a community an hour away from "the city" (Saskatoon) and its unbelieveable how the Toys r Us, Wal-Mart, Zellers, HECK anywhere don't carry this line. The JLU assortments are atrocious as well. I can't help but wonder if all of the world will get the new figures come '08, or if it'll only be the USA. What are Mattel's committments to distribution in areas that aren't the US? Are they supposed to improve or are we to be left out in the cold?